Released: May 7, 1984
Songwriter: Philip Oakey
Producer: Hugh Padgham
When he saw her getting off the bus
It seemed to wipe away the years
Her face was older, just a little rough
But her eyes were still so clear
He drank his coffee and he hurried out
Across before she walked away
Then he approached her like a little child
Too scared for what he had to say
"Hello, Louise
Remember me?
Now should we part
Or stay awhile?
As if we were still lovers"
She took a moment just to recognise
The man she'd known so well before
And as he started to apologise
Lose any bitterness she bore
She gently put her finger on his lips
To let him know she understood
And with her suitcase standing on the floor
Embraced him like a lover would
He told Louise
"You look so good
It's just you see
You make me feel
As if we were still lovers"
It's not always true that time heals all wounds
There are wounds that you don't wanna heal
The memories of something really good
Something truly real, that you never found again
And though they talked for just a little time
Before she said she had to go
He saw the meeting as a tiny sign
That told him all he had to know
And so Louise
Waved from the bus
And as she left
She gave that smile
As if they were still lovers
It seemed to wipe away the years
Her face was older, just a little rough
But her eyes were still so clear
He drank his coffee and he hurried out
Across before she walked away
Then he approached her like a little child
Too scared for what he had to say
"Hello, Louise
Remember me?
Now should we part
Or stay awhile?
As if we were still lovers"
She took a moment just to recognise
The man she'd known so well before
And as he started to apologise
Lose any bitterness she bore
She gently put her finger on his lips
To let him know she understood
And with her suitcase standing on the floor
Embraced him like a lover would
He told Louise
"You look so good
It's just you see
You make me feel
As if we were still lovers"
It's not always true that time heals all wounds
There are wounds that you don't wanna heal
The memories of something really good
Something truly real, that you never found again
And though they talked for just a little time
Before she said she had to go
He saw the meeting as a tiny sign
That told him all he had to know
And so Louise
Waved from the bus
And as she left
She gave that smile
As if they were still lovers
more tracks from the album
Hysteria
- I Love You Too Much
- Louise
- So Hurt
- Don’t You Know I Want You
- The Sign (Extended Version)
- Life On Your Own
- Life on Your Own (Extended Version)
- The Sign
- I’m Coming Back
- Rock Me Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again (Six Times)
- The Lebanon (Extended Version)
- Betrayed
- The Lebanon
- The World Tonight
- Thirteen
From the albums
- Hysteria (1984)
- Greatest Hits (1988 Version) (1988)
- Greatest Hits (1995 Version) (1995)
- NOW 100 Hits Forgotten 80s [UK] (2019)
The Human League popular songs
- Don’t You Want Me
- Human
- Love Action
- The Sound Of The Crowd
- (Keep Feeling) Fascination
- Fascination
- Sky
- (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Improvisation)
- Egomaniac
- 122.3 BPM
- Love On The Run
- Rock ‘n’ Roll / Night Clubbing
- Get Carter
- Love Is All That Matters
- The Sign
- Tom Baker
- Life on Your Own (Extended Version)
- Boys and Girls
- Are You Ever Coming Back?
- Rock Me Again And Again And Again And Again…
- Morale... You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
- Rebound
- Do Or Die
- The Sound of the Crowd (extended Family vocal mix)